Washing-machine.



No. 844,595. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. W. H. HEPPERNAN & H. P. MARSHALL.

WASHING MACHINE.

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UNITE STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM H. HEFFERNAN AND HOMER F. MARSHALL, OF NORTH ADAMS,MASSACHUSETTS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. -19, 1907.

Application filed October 19, 1905. Serial No. 283,557.

To all whom it 77LCLZ/ concern.-

Be it known that we, WVILLIAM H. Hnr- FERNAN and HOMER F. MARSHALL,citizens of the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in ashing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to washing-m achines of the type embodying anoscillatory rubbing member, and has for its objects to produce acomparatively simple inexpensive device of this character in which therubbing member may be conveniently operated for rapidly and thoroughlycleansing the clothes or other fabrics under treatment, one wherein theoperating-handle of the rubbing member may be readily folded to permitapplication of the cover of the machine, and one wherein the rubbingmember presents an auxiliary chamber for the reception of lace or otherdelicate fabrics to be washed.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of aWasher-machine embodying the invention and showing the same in closedcondition. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section showing the partsof the machine in condition for operation. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewwith the cover removed and showing the handle and guides in foldedcondition. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 4 4of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the manner of hinging theparts of the operating-handle. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the foldableguides.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a receptacle or tub, preferablycomposed of sheet metal and of substantially semicircular form, asshown, said tub being sustained by legs 2 and equipped with a removablecover 3, while journaled for rotation within the tub and disposed tofollow the contour of the bottom thereof is a series oftransversely-extending rollers 4, having bearing at their ends in curvedsupports 5 and constituting a lower rubbing-surface.

Suspended in the tub by means of horizontal pintles or trunnions 6 is anoscillatory rubbing member comprising a body 8 and a series oftransverse rollers 9, journaled at their en s in curved supportingmembers 10, in turn attached to the body 8, which latter is hollow topresent a chamber or compartment 1 1. The trunnions 6 rest upon bearingand guiding members 12, arranged in pairs, as shown, and attached to theside walls of the tub by means of pivoting members or bolts 13, adaptingthe members for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, therebeing pivoted to one of the members 12 of each pair a locking member orlink 14, adapted for en agement with the companion member 12 to hold themembers 12 in vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The rubbing member is equipped with an operating-handle 15, sustained bytwo pairs of supporting members or arms 16, the pairs of members whichconverge from their lower toward their upper ends being pivoted at theirupper ends to the handle 15 and connected together by ahinged joint 17,whereby they may fold one upon the other, while one of the members 16 ofeach pair is pivotally connected at its lower end at 18 to the body 8,the other member of the pair being detachably connected to the body bymeans of a thumb-screw 19, whereby it may be readily disengaged topermit folding of the members.

In practice and under normal conditions the guide members 12 are foldeddownward in horizontal position within the tub, as seen in Fig. 3, whilethe handle 15 and its supporting members 16 he in similar foldedcondition, as seen in said figure, thus to permit of the cover 3 beingapplied to the tub. Then, however, it is desired to operate the machine,the cover 3 is removed and the bearing members 12 and handle-supports 16arranged in operative unfolded position, as illustrated in 1 igs. 2 and4. The tub having been filled with water, the clothes or other fabricsto be washed are introduced into the vessel 1 between therubbing-surfaces formed by the rollers 4 and 9, while handkerchiefs,lace, and similar fine delicate fabrics are introduced into thecompartment 11. The rubbing member 7 is then operated by grasping thehandle 15 and moving the same back and forth, this action serving torockthe member 7 on its axis to carry the clothes back and forth between therubbingsurfaces and effect a rapid thorough cleansing of the material,it being understood that the lighter fabrics which are contained in thecompartment 11 will wash back and forth in the latter and be effectuallycleansed under the action of the water and suds.

It is to be noted that during the operation of the machine the member 7as a whole may move vertically upward within the guides 12 toaccommodate heavy pieces of clothes between the rubbing-rollers. It willbe understood that when the parts are to be again folded for applicationof the cover 3 the links 14 are manipulated to release the bearingmembers 12, which may then be turned to horizontal position, and that inlike manner the screws 19 may be'loosened to release the lower ends ofthe arms 16 and permit folding of the handle.

From the foregoing it is apparent that we produce a simple deviceadmirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it beingunderstood that in attaining these ends minor changes in the detailsherein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, What We claim as new is In awashing-machine, a receptacle, a rubber pivotally sustained therein, apair of handle-supporting members having meeting ends hingedlyconnected, and a handle carried by the supporting members, one of saidmembers being pivotally connected with the rubber and the other beingdetachably engaged with the latter.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. HEFB ERNAN. HOMER F. MARSHALL. WVitnesses:

CORNELIUS F. LUcEY, ROBERT H. KEAN.

